In The Man I Killed the character telling the story is Tim O'Brien. O'Brien knowing many details from the man he killed comes from his imagination trying to make him feel guilty. I believe that he is in fact guilty because even though we are uncertain if he killed the man or not he himself believes he did, making himself guilty.
On both chapters, Ambush and The Man I Killed, O'Brien finds himself guilty. The guilt is generated by his mind which also arouses anger at himself. This guilt is what makes us believe that the story he's telling is true; how it's unbelievable. He is letting his imagination shape his reality and creates a scene in which a true war story is being told.
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